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March 10, 2023

Leadership Spotlight: Charles Rice

BATTLE CREEK, Mich — Meet the incoming People and Culture Division Chief Charles Rice.

A firetruck in a field.

March 8, 2023

Idaho Lands receives $70 million in donated equipment from DLA since 2013

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A savvy used property screener for the Idaho Department of Lands has brought tens of millions of dollars in used and surplus DOD equipment to his state to fight fires and protect rural communities in the past decade.

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March 6, 2023

National Reading Month: The Gumbo Coalition: Ten Leadership Lessons to Help You Inspire, Unite, and Achieve

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — March is National Reading Month. Everyday reading increases knowledge and develops personal and professional skills. Throughout the month, the DLA Disposition Services Pathways to Career Excellence program participants are sharing insights from books* they recently finished. *No official Department of Defense endorsement implied

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March 3, 2023

PaCE Spotlight: James “Jamey” Walker

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — James “Jamey” Walker is the demilitarization coordinator for Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Central DEMIL Depot in Anniston, Alabama. He participated in the DLA Disposition Services Pathways to Career Excellence Program from 2019-2021 in Group 38.

Infographic illustrating 65% read print, 14% listen to audiobooks, 28% read digital, 50% of adults read 4 or more books a year. 84% read for research, 82% to keep up with current events, 80% for pleasure and 57% for work or school

March 1, 2023

Empower your journey: Recommended reading for personal and professional growth and development

BATTLE CREEK, Michigan — March is National Reading Month and some of the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services leaders have shared the titles that had a lasting impact on them professionally.

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Feb. 28, 2023

Disposition Services Contracting Officer receives DLA award

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Contracting Officer Annette Graham was presented with the Excellence in Acquisition award during DLA’s 55th Annual Employee Recognition Awards Program Jan. 26 at its Fort Belvoir, Virginia, headquarters.

Men talk.

Feb. 21, 2023

DAU makes Battle Creek house call

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The agency’s reverse logistics team hosted its first guest post-pandemic guest instructor during a Defense Acquisition University training session in Michigan Feb. 15-16.

Professional portrait of a women.

Feb. 15, 2023

PaCE Spotlight: LaRoy "Lulu" Clark

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — LaRoy “Lulu” Clark participated in the Pathways to Career Excellence Program from 2015-2017. The PaCE Program is a two-year program that takes PaCERs through all of DLA Disposition Services and its processes to learn as much as possible about the directorate. The first year takes place at DLA Disposition Services Headquarters in Battle Creek, Michigan, and the second year either takes place in Battle Creek for Contracting PaCERs or at an assigned field site for Property Disposal PaCERs.

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Feb. 13, 2023

Out with the old, in with the new – WMS transition is underway

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services San Antonio Go Live event is complete, and the Warehouse Management System is officially in use within Disposition Services.

Two women talking at a table in the HDIFC Venetian Dining Room.

Feb. 10, 2023

HDIFC encourages healthy living at Winter Wellness Fair

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Battle Creek Morale Welfare and Recreation and Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center’s Voluntary Protection Program Wellness Committee partnered to host the Winter Wellness Health Fair Feb. 8 in Battle Creek, Michigan.